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Cambodian mobile operator Smart Axiata has expanded its 4G LTE network to all 25 provinces of the country. Smart launched 4G LTE services in Cambodia in January 2014. Smart Axiata also reports that its 2G network covers more than 98 percent of the country’s population. ...

The government has released a schedule for minimum wage discussions with unions and factories this year, as workers continue to demand $177 per month to keep up with the rising cost of living. More talks are scheduled from July through January. ...

Thailand and Cambodia are negotiating on the avoidance of double taxation for investors from each other’s side. Thai Ambassador to Phnom Penh Nuttavudh Photisaro told Radio Thailand reporters that if the negotiation is successful, it will save both Thai and Cambodian investors from paying taxes twice. ...

The National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines has re-invited bids for the remaining 100,000 tons from the June 5 tender, BusinessworldOnline quoted Reuters. The NFA has reportedly invited governments of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, with which the Philippines has bilateral agreements, to send their bids ...

Police have seized some 31 tonnes of refined sugar illegally imported from Cambodia, while investigating a rubber farm in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh’s Chau Thanh district. ...

Takeo provincial police yesterday sent seven men arrested for disturbing the peace – but suspected of fraud – to the provincial court, after they were arrested on Friday in Kiri Vong district’s Kiri Chung Koh commune where they had been trying to persuade people to ...

Seven newly appointed Cambodian ambassadors have been officially charged with leading membership drives for the ruling CPP in the countries to which they have been assigned, a party spokesman said Friday. ...

Child-protection NGOs and government officials are urging tourists and residents of Cambodia to stop giving money to street children because these well-intentioned gestures can have devastating effects. ...

The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit has published anonymous accusations against five Phnom Penh police officials alleged to have been taking bribes to speed up the issuance of identity cards and family books. ...

The case of a woman who was accused of killing her mother to steal more than 375 grams of gold in Koh Kong province, has been sent to the provincial court despite investigators being unable to find any incriminating evidence to demonstrate her involvement in ...

Seven more people believed to be involved in a large-scale Ponzi scheme have been arrested and were questioned by a prosecutor in Takeo province Sunday, bringing to 14 the total number of suspects apprehended in connection with the racket. ...

Local authorities armed with axes and hammers on Saturday attempted to dismantle homes in the capital’s Russey Keo district to make way for a new road that they hope will ease traffic, according to villagers. ...

A leaked copy of the contentious draft law on associations and NGOs is fuelling fears among its many critics that its purpose is to stifle criticism of the government by giving it broad powers to shut down both foreign and domestic associations and NGOs. ...

The Labor Ministry on Friday announced that formal negotiations to set a new minimum wage for the country’s all-important garment sector—now at $128 a month—will begin in July, reviving the same schedule for talks it used with unions and employers for the first time last ...

Cambodian telecom companies are scrambling to jump on the 4G bandwagon and tap into the Kingdom’s growing mobile internet usage, as front-runner Smart announced last week that its 4G LTE network now spans across the whole country. Thomas Hundt, CEO of Smart, which is the only ...

The U.S. State Department said in congressional testimony on Thursday that its involvement in ending the political deadlock following the 2013 election was “diplomacy at its best,” and also claimed partial credit for this year’s raise in garment worker wages and the release of activists ...

The Labor Ministry on Friday announced that formal negotiations to set a new minimum wage for the country’s all-important garment sector—now at $128 a month—will begin in July, reviving the same schedule for talks it used with unions and employers for the first time last ...

Recent data for the first quarter show that $2.87 billion was invested in Cambodia during the first three months, a staggering 573 per cent increase from the same period last year, according to data released by the Council for Development of Cambodia on Friday. The Kingdom ...

The Cambodian government has sent a second diplomatic note in the space of three days to the Vietnamese embassy, demanding an end to encroachment across an as-yet-unmarked section of the shared border. The second note – published yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on his ...

The government may recognize the more than 100 Montagnard asylum seekers in the capital as refugees, a senior official at the Interior Ministry has said. ...

Five local representatives from Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district were questioned in court on Friday, following accusations from a Vietnamese company of unlawful land-grabbing, according to NGO Adhoc and community representatives. ...

Democracy watchdog Comfrel yesterday rolled out a new website intended to help young workers garner support for a variety of causes. ...

Municipal officials and the police have started identifying and registering the city’s previously unregulated tuk-tuk and moto drivers, following a constant flow of complaints about them from tourists and business owners, officials say. ...

Continuing a campaign by the opposition to inspect alleged encroachment upon Cambodian territory along the Vietnamese border, CNRP lawmaker Ou Chanrith on Saturday led a trip to a disputed cashew farm in Svay Rieng province, fellow lawmaker Kong Saphea said Sunday. ...